Does poverty actually exist in America?

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Why does poverty exist in America?

17% of the population in the USA live in poverty. In some countries, as much as 97% of their population live in poverty. For over a century, we have been eliminating the roadblocks that have been keeping people in poverty in the USA. So why does it still exist? What keeps people living in poverty in the land of opportunity, bad judgement, shortcomings in character, addictions? The front running Democratic presidential candidates are claiming they will help the poor. Just what will these candidates...

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Welfare is necessary in a nation that intentionally keeps a 5-6 percent unemployment rate. (When unemployment...

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Poverty will exist everywhere until the world becomes one society and money is no longer required.

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Overcrowding, poverty, disease, and unsanitary conditions were problems in all of the major cities in...

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Why do people say there are poor people in America when it is obvious that there aren't?

Poverty exists everywhere else in the world. In America, it simply does not exist. The "poor" get free money (SSI, SSD, SDA), free health care (Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP), free food (food stamps, WIC, food banks), free housing (Section 8, shelters...

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whatever you ignorant ***. the real question is why are we sending help to these third world countries...

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Where does poverty mainly exist?

I'm writing a school project thingy about poverty, but I'm still a little unsure about where poverty exist today. I know it mainly exist in Africa, but that's about it. I also heard it exists around south Asia? Is that correct? And if so, does anyone...

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Everywhere! There are people in some countries in Africa and Asia (e.g. Nigeria, Japan, India and South...

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Racism In America (Chapter1 Of my book)?

let me know what you think i am going to let yo guys read some of my book Racism In America let me know your thought if i need to make changes i make some changes. Racism In America Written by:Jason Taylor There is surely no nation in the world that...

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Man cuz this thing is well typed i thought you was going to have a bunch of spelling errors and stuff...

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Do you actually believe America stll exists?

It depends on how you define America, but the America that created and exported most of the world's advanced goods does not exist anymore. In fact, China has surpassed the US and is continuing to escalate. Years ago there was a John F Kennedy that got...

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First, your history is a little foggy...russian technology never surpassed the U.S. - hell we invented...

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Poverty in America?????help me !!?

i need to do a project on it how do the poverty affect the society in america? i need infro ,like is poverty increasing or decreased which race or group affect the society in povetry? why is poverty important in the society? i need graph and chart to...

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Poverty in the United States refers to the condition of people whose annual family income is less than...

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Will the world be better if america does not exist at all since america is the first to use nuclear bombon us?

im asking this based on the current nuclear problem we are facing . whats the use of talking who should have it and who should not. The world would have been a better place if america was stopped from having nuclear power in the first place and the whole...

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hmmm well to fight for people's right is not bad but at the same time to clerar mess yess we have to...

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How do we fight poverty in america? would you change america budget on poverty?

How would you change the budget? what would you spend te money on?do we as a country spend too much or tooo little on poverty?

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As a free person in a free country... one has the right to succeed just as one has the right to fail...

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